Reefkoi Corals is located at 3945 N Academy Blvd suite e, Colorado Springs, CO 80917. The hours are 12-6 every day of the week except Wednesday when they are closed. They obviously specialize in saltwater corals and livestock. What is not so obvious is they have nothing to do with Koi fish, at least from what I saw. They have no freshwater fish or plants, nor supplies. How the “koi” got in the name I didn’t think to ask about. (Update July 17th) Brayden Kliner: He got the name Reefkoi because he used to sell koi as well before they moved to that location.
Upon entrance the first space is dedicated to a display tank, aquariums, and refugiums. To the left is the office and the next two alcoves are for supplies. The main room in the back is for the livestock. There are approximately 10 tanks for corals! The fish tanks make up a back-to-back row of 6 tanks. In the very back they have the seawater station. I was fascinated by the invert rack, because each section drains to the next in a waterfall fashion. Each section is packed with life! Brittle-worms and the like are allowed to help with the tank maintenance.
Another unique thing about the store is the owner used to have online sales with installation and maintenance he did out of his home, now that he has a store, he does none of that. He said there are plenty of good I&M operations in the city as well as too much work shipping online sales, so he is living the good life and focusing on having the best saltwater corals, fish, and supplies south of Denver. This is a retirement endeavor for him, a way to enjoy his ‘golden years’. If you keep saltwater tanks in Southern Colorado, then you owe it to yourself to add them to your LFS crawl list if they are not already on there.
Sequoia Elisabeth
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